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I have quite a few books and it's not in any of them. Would prefer the classic Getz/Corea version from "Sweet Rain" as opposed to the original Jobim changes if possible. I could do a takedown but this would save time. Thanks guys.

Awesome concert tonight with Herbie, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller Vinnie Colaiuta, Seam Jones at Disney Hall. This was a tribute to Miles so some straight ahead Jazz for a change. Familiar tunes like Milestones, All Blues, Someday My Prince will Come, Orbit, Footprints, etc.

I was just thinking that for a Miles tribute, several of the tunes were of course composed by Wayne. It was a mix of fusion from later Miles years, to the 60's quintet and then for an encore, it was Herbie's turn. He brought out his keytar and went funk. The crowd went wild.

I would note that Herbie's solos were all similar in that he pretty much reharmed everything and went outside 80% of the time. You got back to the home when he reached the root. Reminds me of the Autumn leaves version I posted many times. Same stuff of playing out. He's doing the exact same thing there so obviously no new invention here. Sounded great to me.

Wayne stayed melodic with really great tone on Tenor. He was fantastic.

Marcus Miller was slapping that bass and syncopating like Jaco even on swing. Gave the sound a different feel and reminded me of my bass player who's heavily influenced by this style.

I've missed 2 concerts that I already paid for long ago but glad I didn't miss this. Found out that next week I'm seeing Brad Mehldau.

It was particularly poignant to hear this particular group playing Miles tunes. My band is getting a reputation for concentrating mostly of this type of jazz (Miles 60's on), and combining styles of swing, all the way to funk. Now if I can just play like Herbie everything would be cool...

I gotta get me one of those keytars just so I can feel like a rock god.

I do a good amount of Jazz funk now and unfortunately I don't have a synth. I just have EP and Piano really. Last night made me wish I had a synth. He had some cool things programmed on his Korg (Oasis maybe? can't tell much from so far away).

I found that after tons of standards, the crowd goes crazy when we do a couple of tunes in Funk.

Do I need a keytar? Nah...LOL...I'll just sit.

Last night though, Herbie was doing the typical Herbie thing from old. I actually haven't seen him do that. Most of the recent stuff was all that far out conceptions (no form, no rhythm, free). So I'm glad to see the old stuff.

Your were lucky to see Herbie do his "old" stuff. While I understand from his point of view why he does what he's done the past 20 years, the Herbie I love is what he did when he played pure jazz. I have the box set of all his Blue Note stuff, and its incredible. He can still play like that when he chooses to, and you just got to be lucky to be there when he does that.

We have a couple of outdoor dates this summer, and we definitely put in what little funky stuff we have: Watermelon Man, Cold Duck Time, a couple of others.

It took a bit of learning to know how to deal with Funk since I've only learned Straight-ahead. But it's part of my formula that seems to get the crowd coming back. Catering to a little bit of this seems to make a big difference. And it also allows me to add some regular straight ahead that normally I would think is too intellectual like Giant Steps and Inner Urge. Contrast works out.

This week, I'm adding two new tunes that I've never played with a band. Nardis and Maiden Voyage. We're playing Nardis at the Bill Evans tempo which is a little fast but we got the hits right in practice. Maiden Voyage sounds different rhythmically when practicing in solo vs. a real band.

For a little comedic relief, we've gone into Mustang Sally and Margaritaville, My Girl, etc. Crowd goes wild when you do something unexpected. But not too much.

...So Brad Mehldau Trio was supposed to play here tonight. I was looking forward to seeing him play again, especially since he has a new drummer since last time I saw him. However, HE FORGOT HIS PASSPORT and they wouldn't let him across the border today!!!!! So, show was postponed until Sunday, and he's coming solo now. I'm hesitant to go, and so are my friends.

I would enjoy listening to Mehldau doing solo piano or trio. I've never seen him live doing solo though. Looking forward to Saturday evening. I did see him with Ballard last year. And then the year before that as well. He's one of my favorites and seeing him and Herbie back to back is just amazing.

I've listened to Mehldau's Live at Marciac, which is a double solo CD. As always, Mehldau has developed a way of playing solo piano that is all his own. I really like it (big surprise), although I tend to prefer piano with at least one other rhythm instrument.

For those into solo piano, I highly recommend Excelsior by Bill Carrothers. If you subscribe to Spotify it's available there. Carrothers is a little know but very creative pianist (a favorite of my teacher). What is extraordinary about Excelsior is that, according to his web site (which I have no reason to doubt) all of the pieces on the CD are spontaneous improvisations. The pieces are generally slow and contemplative with incredibly creative harmonies. These would be great compositions; that they were created spontaneously is all the more amazing.